Matt Mills
@MattRAMills
Aspiring Health Psychologist, fascinated by Motivational Interviewing, lover of sports, observer of politics & opinions shall forever be my own.
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“They’ll see 22 people, in all stages of dementia, but looking like anybody else — their mum, their dad, husband, wife, son, daughter. They look normal, but they’ve got a death sentence. We need people to start shouting that we need to stop this. We need to do something.” When…
Carsley is not the problem – something feels rotten at the core of this England | Jonathan Liew dlvr.it/TFGZZ6
How has England’s NHS fared under Conservative governments? @C4Ciaran and @FactCheck have been crunching the numbers.
Saka, Pedri, Gavi and Bellingham et al. Are they playing too much, too soon? I've long suspected it, so decided to investigate for @ESPNUK. With help from @Walshy2123 + some alarming statistics: espn.com/soccer/story/_…
When the UK Biobank was set up in 2006, the public was promised their sensitive health data would never be sold to insurance companies. That was a lie. Volunteers’ data is being sold to private health insurers for profit. A scandalous betrayal of trust. theguardian.com/technology/202…
Here’s the news report by @patrickjbutler. One million children are now living in destitution - meaning their families cannot afford to adequately feed, clothe or clean them, or keep them warm. theguardian.com/society/2023/o…
theguardian.com
More than 1 million UK children experienced destitution last year, study finds
Severe material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisis
3.8 million people in the U.K. are now officially destitute - more than double five years ago. It is a Victorian scandal for modern Britain, where Tory policies have left millions to beg for toilet roll and a warm meal. My col. in today’s @guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Boris Johnson ‘ordered delay to pandemic plans to protect disabled people’ Government documents released show that measures were“never fully put into place” 6 out of 10 Covid deaths had a DISABILITY !!! In a normal country this would be major news!!! disabilitynewsservice.com/boris-johnson-…
Feels like a significant moment in football. The PIF of the Saudi Arabian state financing the nation's four biggest clubs. Will distort football's ecosystem. Ronaldo signed. Benzema coming. Messi one of a dozen summer targets. Record wages funded. Welcome to LIV football.
As part of today’s announcement of the Sports Clubs Investment and Privatization Project, four Saudi clubs – Al Ittihad, Al Ahli, Al Nassr, and Al Hilal – have been transformed into companies, each of which is owned by #PIF and non-profit foundations for each club.
🚨 Urgent: The Government has been ending vital local suicide prevention funding across England. This decision completely undermines their promise to deliver the suicide prevention strategy that we desperately need. 1/4
BREAKING 🚨 | The rise in state pension age to 68 will not be brought forward - yet. Life expectancy at retirement has fallen by TWO years.
Worth bearing in mind, this is what the BBC said to me in 2020 when Andrew Neil was being a shouty, right-wing pile on orchestrator on Twitter. Compare and contrast.
Matt Hancock admits in this message to Simon Case that he helped cover up rising cases in key areas during Eat Out to Help Out. Strikes me as potentially the biggest revelation yet…
Analysis of data from >30 million people finds that one in ten early deaths could be prevented if everyone managed at least half the @NHSuk recommended level of physical activity. Dr Leandro Garcia and colleagues report today in @BJSM_BMJ. doi.org/10.1136/bjspor… 🧵(1/8)
“The cuts are believed to save the BBC £28.5 million, about 0.005 per cent of the corporations’ total £5.3 billion annual income…The BBC source said that the “rightwing government are moving away from engagement with the continent [of Africa].”
EXCL: Uproar over BBC Africa axe Shocked staff left fuming after boss says "no questions" at Zoom presentation sacking voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2…
Successive Tory governments have - in Steve Barclay’s phrase - been taking a conscious decision to harm patients for 12 years by deliberately neglecting the NHS because of their ideological hatred of the welfare state and their faith that if you are poor it’s your own fault.
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